$6,000 scam: Another Volusia woman tricked by scammers

Police released this security image of the two men who tricked… (Port Orange Police )

3:56 p.m. EST, June 7, 2012|By Kevin P. Connolly, Orlando Sentinel

For the second time in less than a month, a woman in Volusia County has been tricked into giving a large sum of money to scam artists.

This time, a 62-year old woman gave $6,000 to two men she met at a Walmart in Daytona Beach.

One man told her he wanted to donate money to a charity but couldn't because he wasn't a U.S. citizen.

"They requested the victim to donate money on their behalf and they would reimburse the victim a larger sum of money for her efforts,'' a statement from Port Orange Police said.

So they tricked her Tuesday into withdrawing $6,000 from a Sun Trust Bank on Clyde Morris Boulevard in Port Orange and giving it to them in exchange for a box that supposedly contained even more money.

She opened the box after dropping them off at a Walgreens on Dunlawton Avenue in Port Orange. It was empty.

Port Orange police are coordinating with authorities in Daytona Beach, where police continue to look for two people who scammed an unsuspecting 87-year-old woman out of more than $60,000 on May 22.

The elderly victim had just parked in the handicapped space at the Publix on Beville Road when she was approached by a woman she didn't know, who asked for a ride to Sam's Club.

The elderly woman agreed. Soon, she had turned over $12,000 from her bank and $50,000 from her home safe to the woman and a male accomplice.

Anyone with information about the latest case is asked to contact Port Orange Police Detective Michael Wallace at 386-506-5885.